Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Little Man

N came running up to me this morning, "Hey Mama, whas this say?"I squinted at the label on the cuff of his pajamas, "Um, Baby Place"N smiled, and shook his head, thinking that I was teasing, "No it doesn't! Whas this say?"When I repeated, "Baby Place", his denial got more insistent."No! It say 'Boy's Place'!"I tried to pacify him, explaining that it wasn't pajamas FOR baby's, it was just the store's name. But his sense of Boyhood had been injured, and he insisted that it said, "Boy's Place".I then told him to go ask his sister. "Hey E! Whas this say?"I could hear E in the other room. "It says 'Baby Place'".This just fueled the fire. His yells of "No! Boy's Place!" got louder, and he ran to the door of his room and jumped up and down. "No! This is Boy's Place! See? I a Boy!" then he ran into the nursery where I was with the baby. "THIS is Baby Place!"I could tell that this was going nowhere good, so I finally agreed with him, "You're right- you are a big boy, and you are wearing Boy pajamas."He looked at me , and asked to make absolutely sure, "It say Boy Place?"I nodded, resigned, "Yes, it says 'Boy Place'."Satisfied, he turned to go get changed. E was leaning against the doorframe, toothbrush in mouth, watching this exchange. As he passed her he said, " See E? It DOESN'T say 'Baby Place', it say 'Boy Place'"E and I exchanged conspiratorial glances and she just rolled her eyes, but didn't contradict him.She had just learned one of her first lessons in preserving the fragile male ego.

3 comments:

ROFLOL! :)"Preseserving the fragile male ego," That's fabulous!!! I had to read this post aloud to Chris who says, "Whatever!" And of course had to respond with a joke he heard at work today. The wise Jeff Foxworthy says, "Women aren't interested in hearing men's opionions. They're just interested in hearing their own opinions with a deeper voice." Whatever! ;)It's so much fun having boys and girls. I'm kinda wishing my boy had a little brother though. Do you ever think of adopting one for N someday?

Being a "big sister" has lots of responsibilities and one of the most important is not to step on the feelings of the younger siblings. It's entertaining and heartfelt that E is capable of seeing herself taking to this task very well- despite the eye rolling :) ~L

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I am a 38 year old mother of 3. I grew up in the Philly suburbs(where we live now), went across the state to GCC where I graduated with an education degree, and a husband. I spent the next 3 1/2 years teaching elementary school before starting my current job, as SAHM. My eldest daughter, E was born in 2001. She was followed by my son, N in 2004, and then our baby girl, K in 2007. I started blogging on xanga when N was 1, mainly to keep friends and family members updated on the minutia of our lives. I ended up moving to Blogger in 2007. I am not a consistent blogger, but I try to do updates throughout the year.